Simon Moreton's Blog (11)

This is the first issue of SMOO in eighteen months. The zine tells the story of a year, from September to September. A weird year; bird-watching on Theodore Roosevelt Island, contemplating; sadness; drinking; summer and new starts; Brooklyn underpasses. Drawn quickly, but with heart, in a week, here in Bristol. I’m really proud of this one.

The new issue of my autobiographical comic, SMOO, is available for pre-order now! SMOO #7 is about the countryside I grew up in. Split over three zines, a map, and a letter, it deals with memories, trying to live in the now, and what happens when you revisit your home, many years later.

Better, drawn is a new place for people to share stories about long-term and chronic mental and physical illnesses, told in the form of short comics. The site is a way for people to share experiences that might otherwise be difficult to talk about openly. In fact, we think that sometimes things can be said better when they’re drawn; hopefully, these comics might help some people…

I've just launched a new blog called 'Better, drawn'. It's a blog where people with experience of long-term or chronic mental and physical health issues can share their experiences in the form of comics. If this is something you might be interested either in reading or taking part in, please spread the word.

I know that many people here write about these things in their zines and comics on a regular basis, and if you'd like to contribute a short one page story or… Continue

We've put together a newspaper of comics from minicomics creators from across the UK, the USA, Ireland and Argentina. It's called the Sorry Entertainer, and we're now raising funds to print the newspaper. We're using IndieGoGo,…

A few of us comic and zine making types have been meeting up recently to talk, share ideas and general plot world take over by the DIY press here in Bristol. We've also started a collaborative comic-zine, called Bearpit. The first issue was released earlier this year, and the second is under-way, slated for a summer release. You can read all about it here.

We're organising a Zine Club drop-in thing at SHOP here in Bristol on Thursday. The plan is to sit, drink tea, have a chat, look through the comics and zines of the SHOP Zine Library and generally see what happens. Come one, Come all! 5pm - 7pm.…

We've got SHOP's Zine Library in Bristol back up and running, after fixing up the shelving and storage arrangements. We now have lots of hand-made and hand-decorated cardboard shelving modules scattered around the place to house all the zines, as well as the usual coffee and cakes on offer to those wanting to stop in SHOP's lounge and have a rest and a read. More info…

Our new Zine Library, which we're opening to the public later this month, has made it to the local press!

This is pretty exciting for us, pretty exciting indeed. We might also be appearing on the radio next week to talk about it all. We're having a launch party on the 17th. Info here. Anyone is welcome to come, if… Continue

I feel rather bad that my first post here is going to seem so shamelessly commercial in nature, but I'm in the process of setting up a zine library in conjunction with a shop called SHOP here in Bristol, and we're canvassing for donations and contributions.

All the information is posted below:

Zinesters! We’re putting out a call for donations to help set up a new Zine Library at SHOP Vintage Lounge and Arts Venue in…